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Old 05-01-2009, 06:43 PM
Trido (Justin)
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Telling the difference between stars and more distant objects

When viewing astronomical photographs, I have always wondered how to tell the difference between the close milky way stars and more distant objects such as other galaxies. You can tell the brighter stars because of the optical refraction (Like star points), but beyond that, I just don't know how to tell if they are stars or far mroe distant. Is there a way to tell?
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